Today, we sit down with author Christina Dent. Christina's nonprofit End It for Good advocates for the decriminalization of drugs and a shift away from a criminal-justice approach and toward a health-centered approach to address America's drug and overdose epidemic. But does decriminalization actually work? What would this look like in America? And where's the line between a compassionate, health-driven approach and complete lawlessness that creates unsafe cities?

You can get Christina's book here: https://www.amazon.com/Curious-Discovery-Unexpected-Solution-Addiction/dp/B0CMCDV8VP

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Timecodes:

(01:15) BIG ANNOUNCEMENT COMING TONIGHT

(03:45) Christina’s entry into this conversation

(13:02) Accountability

(22:10) Consequences for drug use

(28:55) Drugs in prison

(34:26) Hard drugs vs. alcohol & smoking

(01:07:44) Oregon & San Francisco examples

(01:13:55) Drug charges

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